How Light Travels

When a rainbow is formed outside naturally, what causes the light to refract?

• A. Small raindrops
• B. Sunlight rays
• C. Tiny mirrors
• D. Glass prisms

Which explains why the fork looks different under water?

• light can't pass through the glass
• the wavelength of light lengthens
• the amount of light increases when going through water
• light is refracted at an angle

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Smooth surfaces _______ a lot of light.

• reflect
• bend
• absorb
• twist

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Another name for light bending is ....

• Reflaction
• Absorbing
• Refraction
• mirror

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The color you see is the color that is ___.

• reflected
• absorbed

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___________ is a from of energy that we can see with our eyes.

• shadow
• light
• energy
• reflection 

Which term means to bounce off the surface of something?

• Refract
• Absorb
• Reflect
• prism

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The bending of waves as they pass from one substance into another.

• Reaction
• Reflection
• Refraction
• Repost

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The term for any wave that hits a surface and bounces off

• Transparent
• Translucent
• Refraction
• Reflection

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What does light do when it hits an object that it cannot pass through?

• It creates a shadow
• It passes through anyway

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